“Cha Cha Slide,” DJ Caspar The 2000 song was inspired by the Chicago stepping movement and was used by the songwriter Willie Perry’s nephew in a step aerobics class. When Perry put out a new version of the song, he licensed it to Universal Records, which also made a few instructional “Cha-Cha-Slide” dance videos and …

[ndn id=33433828 w=600 a=center] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gets a great inductee this year, and so does Mohegan Sun. Rock icons Bon Jovi will bring the spring leg of “This House Is Not for Sale” Tour to the casino, fresh off their Hall of Fame induction, which will be in April. The …

Legendary rocker Tom Petty has died after a being removed from life support on Monday, according to multiple reports. He was 66 years old. Petty was taken to a hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious and not breathing, TMZ reports. The singer and songwriter was rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital from …

Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of hard rock, hip-hop and rap, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Thursday, the Los Angeles County coroner says. He was 41. Coroner spokesman Brian Elias said authorities are investigating Bennington’s death as an apparent suicide …

It’s not about the music. It is, of course, in a profoundly material way. But for the folks at Bravo Waterbury!, now celebrating its fifth anniversary, it has always been about music as a vehicle to develop character. And the qualities that music instills in the elementary school students with whom Bravo Waterbury! works are …

It’s time to twirl. The Brass City will embrace The Dead next weekend, when Terrapin: Connecticut’s Number One Grateful Dead Experience will play the Palace Theater on Oct. 29. The show – which is Halloween-themed, so come in our 1960s and 1970s gear – will feature two full sets of music by the band. Terrapin …

The music world and its critics have a love-hate relationship with Sam Hunt. The performer, who will take the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday for a special performance for the casino’s month-long 20th anniversary celebration, is a little bit country, a little bit rhythm-and-blues, and a whole lot of pop. His genre-spanning sound …